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Inktober 2021 Day #10: PICK (of DESTINY). Who doesn't love Jack Black and his band Tenacious D? This is my take on the movie poster for The Pick of Destiny. This was another Inktober prompt I struggled with. One of my original ideas was an homage to Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes. I

Inktober 2021 Day #9: (PEER) PRESSURE. I really struggled with this one. My initial thought was to dress PMD up as Freddie Mercury (Queen fans should be able to figure out why), but it just didn't feel right. I thought about having the Multi Purpose Novelty Squid squeezing PMD, but that was more "squeeze"

Inktober 2021 Day #8: WATCH. Yes, this is an homage to the classic Mickey Mouse watch. Of the many things I say about PMD, one of them is that he is my Mickey Mouse. Like most kids with a creative bent, I drew great inspiration from Walt Disney. I always thought it was so

Inktober 2021 Day #7: FAN. I've often said that PMD is my alter ego, that he's a manifestation of some of the crazier parts of my Brain that I otherwise don't let out for one reason or another. He's also a window into my inspirations, my interests, and other aspects of who I am.

Inktober 2021 Day #6: Spirit. Any Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli fans out there? I'm a big fan, myself. I loved Spirited Away (the reference in this illustration. The large fellow on the left is No Face-he's semi-transparent-and that little creature on PMD's tail is one of the soot creatures from the furnace room in the movie),

Inktober 2021 Day #5: Raven. Yet another one that took longer than expected. Bonus points if you know the names of the ravens (hint: they're from Norse mythology). I knew I had to reference Norse culture with this one. One of my ideas was having the ravens in a dead tree, with PMD similarly

Inktober 2021 Day #4: KNOT. This is one of those fun ones that just sort of unfolded in my Brain. It might not be much to look at, but the subconscious thought process that produced this was fun. I started thinking about knots, and what can be done with them (being an Eagle Scout

Inktober 2021 Day #3: VESSEL. I'm only 8 or so days behind...I tried thinking of a different idea for vessel, but I kept coming back to Fishy McFishington of the Cloudsworth Fishingtons. I haven't drawn him in a while. Actually, I think the last time I drew him was during last year's Inktober (for

Inktober 2021 Day #2: (Squid Mech) SUIT. So...yeah. This one has taken 7 hours and 45 minutes...I think I got a bit carried away. But, in my defense: Squid Mech. When I started thinking about the prompt, obviously I wanted to avoid a literal suit (I never wear suits, Plunger Monkey doesn't, either). The

Inktober 2021 Day #1: Crystal. It took me a bit to come up with the idea for this one. I like avoiding the obvious, which would have been to draw, well, just some crystals and PMD interacting with them somehow. I'm not quite sure where or how the Infinite Gauntlet popped into my Brain,